My Wooly Suprise!

About a month ago my dad told me that we were going to get some new sheep, and that he and mom would be going to look at them that Saturday.  I was super exited about the sheep, and couldn't wait to get them home.  That Saturday mom and dad drove two hours to look at the sheep. They picked out two, already bred, adult sheep and one lamb.  While they were there, they saw the Maremma guardian dog puppies that the people had and brought one home. Two weeks later mom, dad, and I all drove up again and picked up our new sheep, Freckles, Anna Lee, and Clarisse.

This is all three of the new Katahdin hair sheep in their new pen just after picking them up.  On the left is Anna Lee, in the middle is Clarisse, and on the right is Freckles.

                                            

                                        
 This is Clarisse, the youngest of the three. She will be my show lamb in the 2013 Pope County Fair.

 

          

This is Anna Lee.  She is my favorite ewe because of her sweet and trusting attitude toward people

 

And this is Freckles and she is the biggest one.  Freckles weighs 205 pounds! Adult Katahdin sheep weigh from 150 lbs to 280 lbs!                                        

  

 

  Now we have had them for a few weeks and they are starting to understand that they only get grain from us,and that scratches feel pretty good.

                                       

 

They are finally willing to eat grain out of our hands and sneak a pet every once in a while!

 

Anna Lee is warming up to me and she got a good long  pet yesterday.

Eventually, we hope to have them so friendly that anyone can walk up and pet them all over. Once that happens, I will start training Clarisse to walk on a lead for the show next year.  One of the coolest things about Katahdin sheep is that every year, after winter, they shed their wool, so no shearing for us!  I can't wait till the mama sheep have their babies in a few months.  The lambs will be so cute running around with the baby goats!